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I have visited 91 countries and 7 Dependencies and Territories ( Adjara, Cook Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Palestinian territories, Western Sahara, Zanzibar.
In 1995 i did trans Africa overland with Encounter Overland from Cape Town 2 London 17,000 miles, had a great time in Zaire.
In 1996-97 i did the south American circuit from Quito 2 Quito 20,000 miles overland with Exodus Overland.
The first country i visited was Belgium in June 1980.
Plan 2 do 100+ countries....

Below is a complete listing of the 196 official independent countries of the world and their capital cities.

Countries i have visited are numbered :

Afghanistan - Kabul
Albania - Tirane
Algeria - Algiers
Andorra - Andorra la Vella
Angola - Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's
1.Argentina - Buenos Aires
2 Armenia - Yerevan
3 Australia - Canberra
4 Austria - Vienna
Azerbaijan - Baku
The Bahamas - Nassau
Bahrain - Manama
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Barbados - Bridgetown
Belarus - Minsk
5 Belgium - Brussels
6 Belize - Belmopan
Benin - Porto-Novo
Bhutan - Thimphu
7 Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
8 Botswana - Gaborone
9 Brazil - Brasilia
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
84 Bulgaria - Sofia
10 Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Burundi - Bujumbura
11 Cambodia - Phnom Penh
12 Cameroon - Yaounde
13 Canada - Ottawa
Cape Verde - Praia
14 Central African Republic - Bangui
Chad - N'Djamena
15 Chile - Santiago
16 China - Beijing
17 Colombia - Bogota
Comoros - Moroni
Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
19 Costa Rica - San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
87 Croatia - Zagreb
Cuba - Havana
20 Cyprus - Nicosia
21 Czech Republic - Prague
22 Denmark - Copenhagen
Djibouti - Djibouti
Dominica - Roseau
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili
23 Ecuador - Quito
24 Egypt - Cairo
El Salvador - San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
Eritrea - Asmara
81 Estonia - Tallinn
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Fiji - Suva
82 Finland - Helsinki
25 France - Paris
Gabon - Libreville
The Gambia - Banjul
26 Georgia - Tbilisi
27 Germany - Berlin
Ghana - Accra
28 Greece - Athens
Grenada - Saint George's
29 Guatemala - Guatemala City
Guinea - Conakry
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
Guyana - Georgetown
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
30 Honduras - Tegucigalpa
31 Hungary - Budapest
32 Iceland - Reykjavik
33 India - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
34 Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
35 Ireland - Dublin
36 Israel - Jerusalem*
37 Italy - Rome
Jamaica - Kingston
38 Japan - Tokyo
39 Jordan - Amman
Kazakhstan - Astana
40 Kenya - Nairobi
Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll
Korea, North - Pyongyang
Korea, South - Seoul
Kosovo - Pristina
Kuwait - Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
41 Laos - Vientiane
79 Latvia - Riga
42 Lebanon - Beirut
Lesotho - Maseru
Liberia - Monrovia
43 Libya - Tripoli
Liechtenstein - Vaduz
91 Lithuania - Vilnius
Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Macedonia - Skopje
Madagascar - Antananarivo
44 Malawi - Lilongwe
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Maldives - Male
45 Mali - Bamako
46 Malta - Valletta
Marshall Islands - Majuro
47 Mauritania - Nouakchott
Mauritius - Port Louis
48 Mexico - Mexico City
Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir
Moldova - Chisinau
Monaco - Monaco
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro - Podgorica
49 Morocco - Rabat
Mozambique - Maputo
Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
50 Namibia - Windhoek
Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
51 Nepal - Kathmandu
80 Netherlands - Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
52 New Zealand - Wellington
53 Nicaragua - Managua
54Niger - Niamey
55 Nigeria - Abuja
56 Norway - Oslo
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
Palau - Melekeok
57 Panama - Panama City
Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
58 Paraguay - Asuncion
59 Peru - Lima
Philippines - Manila
60 Poland - Warsaw
85 Portugal - Lisbon
Qatar - Doha
89 Romania - Bucharest
61 Russia - Moscow
Rwanda - Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
Saint Lucia - Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
Samoa - Apia
San Marino - San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Senegal - Dakar
88 Serbia - Belgrade
Seychelles - Victoria
Sierra Leone - Freetown
Singapore - Singapore
62 Slovakia - Bratislava
86 Slovenia - Ljubljana
Solomon Islands - Honiara
Somalia - Mogadishu
63 South Africa - Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
64 Spain - Madrid
Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan - Khartoum
Sudan south - Juba
Suriname - Paramaribo
Swaziland - Mbabane
65 Sweden - Stockholm
83 Switzerland - Bern
66 Syria - Damascus
Taiwan - Taipei
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
67 Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
68 Thailand - Bangkok
Togo - Lome
Tonga - Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
69 Tunisia - Tunis
70 Turkey - Ankara
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
71 Uganda - Kampala
90 Ukraine - Kyiv
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
HOME @ United Kingdom - London
72 United States of America - Washington D.C.
Uruguay - Montevideo
73 Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Vanuatu - Port-Vila
74 Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City
75 Venezuela - Caracas
76 Vietnam - Hanoi
Yemen - Sanaa
77 Zambia - Lusaka
78 Zimbabwe - Harare